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Airport

Tarmac Times

Stage of Operation

Departing Flights*

Total

Percent of Regularly Scheduled Flights

Prior To Cancellation

Multiple Gate Departure

Taxi-Out

Taxi-In

At Diversion Airport

Atlanta, GA (ATL)

99

0.03

6

3

2

88

0

364,655

Philadelphia, PA (PHL)

20

0.03

10

4

0

6

0

73,194

Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)

15

0.02

1

0

1

13

0

90,078

New York, NY (JFK)

11

0.01

5

6

0

0

0

94,454

Houston, TX (IAH)

7

0.01

0

2

0

4

1

129,271

Miami, FL (MIA)

4

0.01

1

0

3

0

0

67,958

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW)

4

0.00

0

0

1

2

1

181,208

Colorado Springs, CO (COS)

2

0.02

0

0

0

0

2

9,229

Memphis, TN (MEM)

2

0.01

2

0

0

0

0

14,621

New York, NY (LGA)

2

0.00

1

1

0

0

0

93,326

Las Vegas, NV (LAS)

2

0.00

0

1

0

0

1

151,720

Chicago, IL (ORD)

2

0.00

1

0

0

1

0

266,460

Everett, WA (PAE)

1

0

0

0

0

1

Punta Gorda, FL (PGD)

1

0.49

0

0

0

1

0

206

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA (ABE)

1

0.05

0

0

0

0

1

2,138

Corpus Christi, TX (CRP)

1

0.04

1

0

0

0

0

2,705

Harrisburg, PA (MDT)

1

0.03

1

0

0

0

0

3,103

Syracuse, NY (SYR)

1

0.02

0

0

0

0

1

6,318

Knoxville, TN (TYS)

1

0.02

0

0

0

0

1

6,584

Louisville, KY (SDF)

1

0.01

1

0

0

0

0

9,956

Tucson, AZ (TUS)

1

0.01

0

0

0

0

1

15,406

Columbus, OH (CMH)

1

0.00

1

0

0

0

0

23,893

Indianapolis, IN (IND)

1

0.00

1

0

0

0

0

27,026

Milwaukee, WI (MKE)

1

0.00

1

0

0

0

0

30,162

Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU)

1

0.00

0

0

0

1

0

35,937

Washington, DC (IAD)

1

0.00

0

0

0

0

1

36,765

San Jose, CA (SJC)

1

0.00

0

0

0

0

1

49,131

Austin, TX (AUS)

1

0.00

1

0

0

0

0

52,118

Houston, TX (HOU)

1

0.00

0

0

0

0

1

54,421

St. Louis, MO (STL)

1

0.00

1

0

0

0

0

56,988

Washington, DC (DCA)

1

0.00

1

0

0

0

0

74,408

Newark, NJ (EWR)

1

0.00

1

0

0

0

0

115,968

Boston, MA (BOS)

1

0.00

0

1

0

0

0

125,456

Orlando, FL (MCO)

1

0.00

0

1

0

0

0

131,998

Los Angeles, CA (LAX)

1

0.00

1

0

0

0

0

214,297

Total Airports

193

0.00

38

19

7

116

13

5,674,621

Note: Tarmac times for all flights by airlines reporting on-time data are available beginning with October 2008 data. From January 1995 through September 2008, airlines reporting on-time data reported only taxi-out and taxi-in times. Airlines currently reporting on-time data.

Note: Reporting changes due to mergers. Joint reporting begins after Federal Aviation Administration approval of a single operating certificate.* Jan. 2006: US Airways (US) and America West (HP) start to report combined on-time data in January 2006 as US Airways (US).* Oct. 2007: US Airways (US) and America West (HP) start to report combined traffic and financial data as US Airways (US).* Jan. 2010: Delta (DL) and Northwest (NW) start to report jointly as Delta (DL).* Jan. 2011: Continental Micronesia (CS) and Continental Airlines (CO) start to report jointly as Continental Airlines (CO).* Jan. 2012: United (UA) and Continental (CO) start to report jointly as United (UA).* Jan. 2012: Atlantic Southeast (EV) and ExpressJet (XE) start to report jointly as ExpressJet (EV). For data through December 2011, use the code EV for Atlantic Southeast, which will be displayed as (EV) ExpressJet, and the code XE for ExpressJet, which will be displayed as (XE) ExpressJet (1). Beginning with January 2012 data, use the code EV for ExpressJet.• Endeavor (9E) operated as Pinnacle prior to August 2013. Envoy (MQ) operated as American Eagle prior to April 2014.• Southwest (WN) and AirTran (FL) began reporting jointly as WN in January 2015 following their 2011 merger announcement. • American (AA) and US Airways (US) began reporting jointly as AA in July 2015 following their 2013 merger announcement.

Note: Numbers found here may differ from those previously available on the BTS website and on the Air Travel Consumer Report. Beginning with the release of May 2010 data, lengthy tarmac times are measured as more than 3 hours (181 minutes plus). Previous releases used the measurement of 3 hours or more (180 minutes plus). 2-hour and 1-hour tarmac times have been changed to conform. Data from previous months on this application have been revised but may differ from the previously-released Air Travel Consumer Report Tables 11 and 12, which were not revised. Air Travel Consumer Report Tables 11 and 12, beginning with the release of May 2010 data in the July report, will reflect the change in measurement.

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Explanation of Stage of Operation Prior to Cancellation: Flight left the gate but was cancelled at the origin airport Multiple Gate Departure: Flight left the gate, then returned and then left again to resume normal operation. Tarmac time is the time before the return to the gate. Taxi-out: The time between gate departure and wheels-off Taxi-in: The time between wheels-on and gate arrival At Diversion Airport: The tarmac time at the alternate airport* Departing flights reported by 18 airlines reporting on-time data.

The number of reporting carriers has varied as follows: 1995: 101996: 101997: 101998: 101999: 102000: 10 (11 starting in November when Aloha Airlines started reporting for the first time)2001: 12 (11 starting in November when Aloha Airlines ceased reporting for the first time)2002: 102003: 17 (18 starting in November when Hawaiian Airlines started reporting)2004: 192005: 20 (19 through April after which Frontier Airlines started reporting)2006: 20 (19 through March after which Aloha Airlines started reporting for the second time) 2007: 202008: 19 (20 through February after which Aloha Airlines ceased reporting)2009: 192010: 182011: 162012: 152013: 162014: 142015: 13 (14 through June after which American and US Airways began joint reporting)